Briefing Room

Clarion, Iowa – Hagie Mfg. and AirScout are pleased to announce a new joint endeavor to deliver value to customers by uniting state-of-the-art field prescription services with capability for timely applications management....More

National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (AITC), an organization dedicated to increasing agricultural literacy among PreK – 12th grade students and their teachers, has recently partnered with New Holland Agriculture in its mission to teach the importance of agriculture in the classroom....More

Fort Collins, Colorado, June 12, 2015 – Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) let the Genie out of the bottle at its Acres to Ales Tap Takeover event at local watering hole, the Mayor of Old Town—a Genie with the potential to revolutionize the craft beer industry.
An energized crowd of plant breeders, farmers, maltsters, brewers and beer connoisseurs alike rubbed elbows and raised pints of beer made with LCS Genie, the company’s first malting barley....More

July 2, 2015 (Salford, ON) – Salford Group continues to raise the bar in the seeding and tillage equipment sectors with the introduction of several new products this summer. The global agriculture equipment manufacturer has rolled out a giant air cart, the AC4000L dry/liquid hybrid quad tank, and two new additions to its Independent Series line of tillage equipment, the vertical tillage I-2200 and a hybrid tillage specialist, the I-4200....More

Kalida, OH – Unverferth® Manufacturing Co., Inc., announces the Buyer’s Bucks reward program for purchasers of its brands of new grain carts from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. Purchasers of Brent, Killbros, Parker and Unverferth grain carts during this time period will earn up to $3,000 in Buyer’s Bucks toward future purchases of select Unverferth-manufactured brands of products including high-capacity grain wagons, sprayers, seed tenders, header transports and Rolling Harrow, Ripper-Stripper, Ripper Roller, Zone-Builder and Ripper-Bedd...More

Fort Atkinson, Wis. [July 1, 2015] – Digi-Star introduces the NT 8000i rate control system for manure spreaders. The NT 8000i is a weight-based system that improves application efficiency by varying the unloading rate in proportion to ground speed.
The NT 8000i is a closed-loop rate control system designed to provide precision guidance and prescription-based control of the spreading rate in hydraulically driven apron floor systems on manure spreaders using data collected and evaluated in real time....More

PIGEON FALLS, WI; June 30th, 2015 - After 12 years of monitoring water quality on farms with manure applied to forage crops, the UW Discovery Farms® Program is adding a grain based farm. The Roger Rebout and Sons Farm, a 3,000 acre cash grain operation, is the first of several new core farms in Rock County, Wisconsin....More

RACINE, Wis. June 29, 2015 – Case IH recently introduced its new Precision Air 5 series air carts, developed to get the most from every plant’s potential through highly accurate seed and fertilizer placement. As the newest member of the Case IH Precision Air seeding equipment line, the next-generation air carts boost capacity and use AccuSection™ section control technology to help producers do more work in less time — and seed with the highest level of confidence....More

Justin, TX (June 2015) – The best way manage post-harvest plant debris is an ongoing dilemma. None of the historical approaches (controlled burns, bailing, and tillage) allow the nutrients of the fodder to be returned to the soil for future use. Controlled burns wreak environmental havoc on air quality. Smoke from burning straw contributes to increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere which may affect greenhouse gas buildup....More

(June 24, 2015) – K·Coe Isom, a leading consulting and CPA firm in the food and agriculture industry, has established a scholarship program, providing two inspired applicants with full tuition to The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP) 2016. Since its inception over 25 years ago, TEPAP has helped more than 1,800 participants across the country increase global awareness, develop leadership skills, and most importantly, manage their organizations more professionally....More